What Should Parents Do If Grandmother Intervenes in Child's Upbringing: When Talking Doesn't Help

02.04.2024 08:06

Any parent will be happy if their children can always be intercepted by a grandmother or grandfather in an unforeseen situation.

It's bad when they try to correct their mistakes and start raising their grandchildren even better than their own children. The prospects, frankly, are so-so.

Let's try to figure out what parents should do if "grandma has arrived."

Firstly, you need to know and remember that only parents are responsible for raising a child and developing personal qualities.

Secondly, if grandparents think that since they have succeeded in raising their own children, it is not a fact that the same will happen with their grandchildren.

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Thirdly, regardless of the line of kinship, everyone in the family should pursue one goal - to raise children or grandchildren, and not drag them in their own direction.

What should parents do?

1. Your house should have your own rules. You should decide how much your child can play computer games, when to go to bed, what to eat, etc.

2. If everything goes wrong with the arrival of grandma (grandpa), then the relationship needs to be sorted out, but not in front of the child.

3. Do not allow situations when a kind grandmother starts to feel sorry for a child who has been fairly punished. Moreover, she should not cancel the punishment.

Earlier we talked about the mistakes parents make that prevent their children from becoming adults.

Igor Zur Author: Igor Zur Internet resource editor